Skole met Karakter

Schools with Character

Schools with Character is part of Evergreen Parenting. Evergreen believes that education of children remains the responsibility of adults. We as educators need to grow in order for learners to grow. Therefore, we keep on learning, we develop courses and other helpful tools for families, marriages and schools. Our facilitators are working nationwide to connect with parents and teachers in every city and town to try and make a difference.

We believe that healthy authority is more than being in charge or using the latest discipline techniques. Healthy authority in the classroom creates an environment where teachers are respected by the learners and everyone respects each other.
In this session we will look at twelve building blocks of healthy authority and each teacher will identify their own strengths and weaknesses in order to grow in healthy authority.
We will help identify everyone’s own preferred authority style and to understand the strengths and weaknesses embedded in each style.
We will then spend some time looking at the different developmental phases of the primary school learner to understand what they are able to grasp and what they need at the different developmental stages.

This module is designed to be a fun team building session where teachers will gain some understanding of who they are and who their co-workers are. Relationship growth starts with self-knowledge and by learning how to value yourself and others. The TTLP questionnaire is completed online in less than 20 minutes and the TTLP profile report will then provide each teacher with a work profile, social profile, life view profile and Tall Trees Leadership Profile (TTLP).
Then we will apply what teachers have learned about temperament in the previous session, to the children in their class. Teachers will understand how to best discipline, motivate, love, teach, appreciate and understand each child. It is possible to have a relationship with each learner.

During this module we will simplify misbehaviour by categorising it into eight different types of behaviour. We will look at what it is the learner does not yet understand or what skill the learner needs with regards to each type of misbehaviour. Then we will link the misbehaviour with meaningful consequences that will help them grow in character. The consequence of misbehaviour becomes objective and the tools we provide will help teachers to be consistent in the handling of misbehaviour.

This optional workshop is for a school that decides to challenge the status quo. Evergreen shared in the previous modules our suggestions and principles to create an environment where the development of character is vital. If a school is convinced that it shares our goal and decides to make a few changes, while maintaining their individuality, we undertake this journey with them. The workshop focus on identifying the gaps in the current Code of Conduct and/or discipline plan and to suggest practical and legal improvements. Training in the use of our discipline administration system is also included. This is when the theory becomes practice. Grow schools with character!